Insect trap



June 25, 1929.

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6 R 6. W r r J m V! B Patented June 25, 1929. i i i i i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY V. WILKIE AND ALBERT F. BACHERS, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

INSECT TRAP.

Application filed June 22, 1927. Serial No. 200,522.

This invention relates to insect traps and sticky substance similar tothat used on or the object of the invention is to provide a dinary fly paper and the sticky substance manually operated device for capturing inis applied so as not to fill up the perto z sects such. as flies mosquitoes and the like. tions t in the paper cup. These perforations One of the particular objects of the in- 4: are suflicieutly small to prevent the escawe 60 vention is to providea cup shaped perforate of a fly. or a mosquito therethrough, the paper member lined with a sticky substance openings being of about the size of the openand supported in. a wire handle by which. ings in the usual :[iy screen. These openings the insects may be captured by using the are sufficiently large and are placed su'llidevice similar to a fly swatter. ciently close together to allow a. considerable '65 Another object oi? the invention is to provolume oi air to pass through the cup when vide a device of the character described it is swung by means of a handle so that an lined with a sticky substance and adapted to insect may be readily caught therein. The

be placed over an insect and in which the handleis formed of: wire and comprises a insect becomes enmeshed as soon as it starts loop 5 adapted to be engaged in the head 2 to fly. as shown in Fig. 2 and this loop 5 is pro- A further object of the invention. is to vided with a hook end 6 at one end adapted provide a cup shapedpaper member having to engage in the opposite end 7 as will be a cushion edge adapted to be placed in conunderstood from Figs. 1 and 3. In this man- 20 tact with the wall over the insect to he capnor the eupshaped paper member may be tured. Secured in the handle and the handle is pro- Another object of the invention is to pror vided with a straight shank 8 terminating vide a series of cup shaped paper members in a return bent handle portion 9 shown. in lined with a sticky substance and so formed Fl 1.

25 as to nest in a manner to prevent the dif- In use the ope 'ator grasps the handle 9 so terent membersfrom coming in contactand and uses the device similar to a fly swatter sticking together. a with the exception that the fly not crushed A further ob"ect of the invention is to when the cup shaped member is placed over provide a device of the character described it but in attempting to escape will become in which the cup shaped paper members may caught in the sticky substance with which so be readily secured in or removed from the the cup shaped paper member is lined.

handle and may be readily disposed of after \Vith this device lies may be caught on the use. walls and furniture without crushing the These objects andv the several novel tea fly and leaving stains and spots on the walls tures of the invention are hereinafter more and furniture. As the cup shaped paper fully described and claimed and the premember is lined with sticky substance below lei-red form of construction by which these the bead 2 only there is no chance of the objects are attained is shown in the accomsticky substance coming in contact with the panying drawings in whichwalls or furniture and the outer head 3 pro- 40 Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an insect vides a cushion edge for the device over the trap embodying our invention. wire loop 5 to prevent the marking oi": the

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section taken on line walls or furniture by preventing the wire 2-2 of Fig. 1. loop from coming in contact therewith.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the end of the With this device it is also possible to scoop handle in which the cup shaped paper memthe flies out of the air with a little experiher is secured. ence and practice. Theinwardly extending Fig. 4 is a view illustrating the manner annular head 2 being of smaller diameter in which the cup shaped paper members are than the perforate portion of the cup shaped packed. paper member allows the paper members to 50 The device comprises a perforate paper be stacked or nested as shown in Fig. 4 with 5 cup 1 which is provided at the upper edge out the sticky substance in one paper cup with an inwardly rolled annular head 2 and coming in contact with the adjacent paper and outwardly rolled annular head 3 imon and thus the cups may be packed for mediately thereoven, The interior of the sa. e in a carton containing a dozen cu s and as paper cup below the head 2 is lined with a a wire handle to be utilized thcrewit 1. in)

From the foregoing description it becomes evident that the device is very simple and efficient in operation, is ofvery low manufacturing cost, provides an eflicient instrument for capturing insects and provides a device which accomplishes the objects de scribed.

Having thus fully described our invention, its utility and mode of operation, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. An insect trap comprising a perforate cup shaped papermember having an inwardlyextending annular bead formed adjacent the upper edge thereof, the portion of the cup shaped member below the bead being lined with a sticky substance,-a handle having a wireloop adapted to be de- 'tachably secured in the said bead, the

extreme outer edge of the cup shaped member terminating in an outwardly extending member being extending annular annular bead forming a resilient cushion over the wire loop.

2. In an insect trap, shaped paper member having an inwardly extending annular bead formed in the upper edge thereof, a handle having a Wire loop comprising a perforate a perforate cup member containing a wire loop adapted to engage in the bead in the cup shaped member.

4. In an insect trap, a perforate cup shaped paper member having an inwardly extending bead formed in the upper edge thereof, the cup shaped member being lined with sticky substance below the said head, the said head allowing the cup shaped members to be stacked together with the perforate portions containing the sticky substance in spaced relation.

5. An insect trap comprising a perforate cup shaped member of suitable material having a sticky substance on its interior surface, a handle member removably connected with the cup shaped member at a distance from its open end, said cup shaped member having a rim formed by turning the peripheral edge thereof inwardly to provide a cushion like portion for contacting the surface on which the insect may be found.

6. An insect trap comprising a perforate cup shaped member having a sticky substance in its interior surface, a handle member including a cylindrical portion engaging about the body of the cupped member below its open end, the peripheral edge of the cup member being outwardly bent and then in turned providing a resilient or cushion like rim portion beneath which the cylindrical handle portion engages and supporting the cup member from displacement in the striking of the device against the surface on which the insect may be found.

In testimony whereof we sign this specification.

HARRY V. WILKIE. ALBERT F. BACHERS- 

